Category Archives: Local News
Hummel Report – Office With A View
A plan by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to build a $7 million natural resources and visitors center off the beaten path in Richmond/Exeter is facing opposition from more than...
Mar 09, 2017
Schilling criticizes state police probe into 38 Studios deal
photo by Ryan Welch, WelchImages.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has criticized Rhode Island state police for not interviewing three key figures in thei...
Mar 08, 2017
PODCAST: Hesitant hero describes Warwick Rite-Aid attack
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Massachusetts man is headed to court in connection with an apparently random stabbing at a Rhode Island pharmacy. Warwick Police say 41-year-old Jacob Gallant, of Westport, is d...
Mar 08, 2017
RI GOP Chair removes accused molester from Providence Leadership Post
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE – Pastor Roy Bolden has been removed from his position as Chairman of the Providence Republican City Committee after child molestation all...
Mar 08, 2017
Rep Walsh walks back ‘file cabinets full of booze’ comment
(AP Photo/Steven Senne) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new Rhode Island lawmaker who says there’s an “insane amount of drinking” at the State House is walking back one of her comments. Pr...
Mar 08, 2017
Police: Train carrying ethanol derailed in Providence
photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A train car carrying ethanol has derailed in Providence but officials say there were no spills. A tanker car went off of the tracks after 1 a.m...
Mar 08, 2017
UPDATE: Rep Walsh shocked by ‘insane’ boozing at Rhode Island capitol
Rep Moira Walsh – photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new state lawmaker said she’s surprised by the “insane amount of dr...
Mar 07, 2017
Gov. Raimondo says she’ll fight “Trumpcare” plan
Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says a plan in Congress to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law puts thousands of Rhode Islan...
Mar 07, 2017
Police: Victim of Warwick random knife attack recovering in hospital
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Massachusetts man is headed to court in connection with an apparently random stabbing at a Rhode Island pharmacy. Warwick Police say 41-year-old Jacob Gallant, of Westport, is d...
Mar 07, 2017
LISTEN: UHIP crisis leads to prostitution?
by Tara Granahan, WPRO Calling it “chilling and sobering”, Rep. Patricia Serpa tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan that testimony last night during the Oversight Committee regarding the UHIP ...
Mar 03, 2017
